The capuchin monkey (Sapajus [Cebus] apella) is a neotropical primate species that shares several behavioral characteristics with humans that are relevant to social organization. Using magnetic ...
Skotty is a black-capped capuchin monkey who prosecutors said was abused and fed amphetamines by the Westwood man who owned him. In February 2022, when authorities seized Skotty, then about 6 ...
Researchers at Yale University successfully taught capuchin monkeys to use tokens as currency to purchase food. The monkeys demonstrated an understanding of value and adjusted their spending ...
Animals, from corvids to capuchin monkeys, express what humans might recognize as jealousy when, for example, they are passed over for a sought-after snack. Many argue this is evidence we are not ...